The impact of league tables on University application rates

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-296

  Gunn, Rod ^a   Hill, Steve ^a  

^a University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65249157130     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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